# Iran Named a $30 Billion AI Data Center an Annihilation Target. It Is Not Bluster.

- slug: iran-named-a-30-billion-ai-data-center-an-annihilation-target-it-is-not-bluster
- date: 2026-04-05
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Iran listed a $30B AI data center as an annihilation target. The threat is credible because Iranian forces already damaged an AWS facility in Bahrain in March — a physical attack on cloud infrastructure that nobody modeled as realistic until it happened.

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